[Fwd: Fwd: [OSLIST] RE : [OSLIST] Help!]
douglas germann
76066.515 at compuserve.com
Thu Apr 2 18:45:03 PDT 2009
On behalf of Christine Whitney Sanchez:
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: Christine Whitney Sanchez <cwhitneysanchez at gmail.com>
> Date: April 2, 2009 10:06:46 AM GMT-07:00
> To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Subject: Re: [OSLIST] RE : [OSLIST] Help!
>
>
> Chris, have you ever used sticky walls
> (http://www.ica-usa.org/store/products.htm)? I almost always do and
> find that it speeds up the posting and facilitates the negotiation
> process between session hosts. For the 1800 participants at the 2005
> Girl Scout convention we used 17 rolling walls covered by sticky walls
> to create the marketplace. Worked great.
>
>
> Warm wishes from a perfect Phoenix morning,
>
> Christine
> Christine Whitney Sanchez
> CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
> 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue
> Phoenix, AZ 85048
> 480.759.0262
> milagro27 at cox.net
> www.christinewhitneysanchez.com
>
> On Mar 31, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote:
>
> > This just continues to give hope and inspiration.
> >
> > The irony here is that the client IS familiar with Open Space and
> > wants Open Space type outcomes, just the kind that are expected
> > froma conference of 500 people spending three sessions in Open
> > Space. We're harvesting proceedings using laptops and a news room
> > and uploading them to a webiste. Nothing unusual there. And many
> > of the participants will know what to do as well, so that helps.
> >
> > For me the circle is an entirely practical piece...it's about first
> > of all creating enough space to logistically make an open space
> > meeting work. Second, it's about the centre and the rim and that
> > physical and metaphysical structure, and third it is about the
> > invitation on how to work together. Some of the ideas for creating
> > a metaphysical circle here are pretty cool, and we will have lots of
> > youth at this gathering and perhaps we can press them into service.
> >
> > The good news is that this flood of creative responses has given me
> > the energy and optimism I need to continue to engage the client
> > constructively and we had a good call today to talk about removing
> > the tables. It's not a reticence to have a circle in this
> > case...it's a purely logistical consideration in terms of a few
> > other things that are happening around the Open Space - meals and an
> > opening speaker.
> >
> > So that's where we stand tonight.
> >
> > Many thanks for the continued generosity.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:50 PM, douglas germann
> > <76066.515 at compuserve.com> wrote:
> > Chris--
> >
> > What do these 500+ folks love to do? Can you take what they
> > love and
> > turn that into an offer for how to make the space work?
> >
> > You could create a circle without the table barriers by
> > having people
> > turn their chairs around to face people at the tables behind
> > them--when
> > they turn around, voila! No tables!
> >
> > What Larry said about getting people away from the tables
> > conjured up a
> > picture for me--like a dance party--an ever-growing "snake"
> > line of
> > people threading their way amongst the tables, dropping off
> > people to
> > individual circles.... If it does not work as is, this
> > picture might
> > suggest something fun to someone on the list....
> >
> > ...Like maybe helium balloons with the topics attached and
> > snaking
> > around the tables to gather participants....
> >
> > :- Doug.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 13:43 -0700, Chris Corrigan wrote:
> > > This is what I need guys...thanks for the wisdom, and keep
> > it coming.
> > >
> > > You're never too old to be stumped, and never to
> > experienced to ask
> > > for help!
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Esther Matte
> > <ematte at excellence.ca>
> > > wrote:
> > > I’ve had a soft/fabric covered and we used both
> > pins and blue
> > > 3M tape. I thought the tape wouldn’t hold, but it
> > did!
> > > Throughout the whole day too!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I’ve also had a stage, and used it as the
> > newsroom. Worked
> > > wonderfully – nice overview of the room, good
> > feeling of a
> > > “whole”.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The tables are definitely a downer… but I would
> > say trust the
> > > process. Instead of walking the circle, walk the
> > tables. Take
> > > more time maybe and make sure you do a lot of eye
> > contact.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And if you do this with the tables, let us know
> > the results
> > > and the feeling of it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If anything else comes to mind, I’ll send another
> > message.
> > > Good luck and have fun too!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Esther Matte
> > >
> > > Discover - Engage - Accomplish
> > >
> > > New York: 212.755.0551
> > >
> > > Montreal: 450.583.5849
> > >
> > > www.excellence.ca
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Message d'origine-----
> > > De : OSLIST
> > [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] De la part
> > > de Chris Corrigan
> > > Envoyé : 31 mars 2009 15:38
> > > À : OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > > Objet : [OSLIST] Help!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've been at this a long time now, but I've run up
> > against a
> > > situation like this. I'm stumped and looking for
> > help.
> > >
> > > I;ll be opening space for a gethering of 500+
> > people. The
> > > client is completely unwilling to set the room in
> > a circle.
> > > Instead, we will have 96 tables with 6 chairs at
> > each table
> > > packed into a spacious but full ball room facing a
> > stage. The
> > > walls of this room are incredible...they appear to
> > be actually
> > > stuffed with cotton and covered in fabric. There
> > is little
> > > hope of putting anything on the walls.
> > >
> > > On the plus side we will have lots of AV, so there
> > is a goodly
> > > amount of technology available to play with for
> > agenda setting
> > > and huge screen projection.
> > >
> > > I'm worried on a number of levels as you can
> > imagine, but at
> > > the moment I'm trying to put that all aside and
> > figure out, in
> > > this worst case scenario, what is the best thing
> > we could do
> > > to Open Space? Anyone been faced with similar
> > constraints?
> > > Help me out here...
> > >
> > > All tips and support I get on this, I'll roll up
> > into a little
> > > document on "what to do when nothing is what you
> > need it to
> > > be" and we can share it out.
> > >
> > > OSLIST group mind...activate!
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > --
> > > CHRIS CORRIGAN
> > > Facilitation - Training - Process Design
> > > Open Space Technology
> > >
> > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
> > > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com
> > >
> > > Principal, Harvest Moon Consultants, Ltd.
> > > http://www.harvestmoonconsultants.com
> > >
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